diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2e5ef5cf..7b6b8720 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
  * src/document.c:
    Add a translation hint to an ambiguous format string.
+ * src/Makefile.am:
+   Add missing include path to fix 'make distcheck'.
  * New release: Geany 0.18 "Kaine".
 
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8bdf00a2..5739cfb0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ geany_include_HEADERS = \
 	utils.h
 
 
-INCLUDES = -I$(srcdir)/../scintilla/include -I$(srcdir)/../tagmanager/include @GTK_CFLAGS@ @GIO_CFLAGS@
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../scintilla/include -I$(srcdir)/../tagmanager/include \
+			@GTK_CFLAGS@ @GIO_CFLAGS@
 
 # tell automake we have a C++ file so it uses the C++ linker we need for Scintilla
 nodist_EXTRA_geany_SOURCES = dummy.cxx